The couple is also now said to be helping Netflix develop a scripted drama series set in Florida following the lives of two rival polo-playing families, so perhaps that was the reason for the beatific smiles at Saturday’s event.
Either way, it was unusual to see the Duchess of Sussex in chartreuse – a bold colour given that her fashion palette is usually made up of black, cream, brown or beige.
Meghan would argue that this preference for neutrals was partly born from her time in the British Royal family. In the Harry & Meghan documentary, she said, “Most of the time that I was in the UK, I rarely wore colour … To my understanding, you can’t ever wear the same colour as Her Majesty… but then you also shouldn’t be wearing the same colour as one of the other more senior members of the family… So I was like, ‘Well, what’s a colour that they’ll probably never wear? Camel? Beige? White? I wore a lot of muted tones so I could just blend in. Like, I’m not trying to stand out here.”
Of course, there have been exceptions to this rule – most notably in early 2020, after the couple had announced that they planned to step back from royal duties. Meghan’s array of rainbow-coloured outfits in that period included a bright blue Victoria Beckham dress at the Endeavour Fund Awards, a bold red Safiyaa gown at the Mountbatten Festival and an emerald green Emilia Wickstead cape dress at Commonwealth Day.